The Bruce Pearl Thread

[BigZiti09]

opcorn:

 

[Lefteye]

I see a merge comin

 

[BigZiti09]

I see a merge comin

Be hard to pick just one thread in which to merge.

 

[Lefteye]

Be hard to pick just one thread in which to merge.

sad but true

 

[VolsSportsFan]

How are you Dave. You didn't say that a few weeks ago.

I've never not said it.

I have said I would take him back; but I don't see any scenario it happening.

I'll put it this way, I think there was a bigger public push to bring Fulmer back in 2012 than there is to bring back Pearl, and Fulmer wasn't even considered.

 

[knowthevols]

I've never not said it.

I have said I would take him back; but I don't see any scenario it happening.

I'll put it this way, I think there was a bigger public push to bring Fulmer back in 2012 than there is to bring back Pearl, and Fulmer wasn't even considered.

Polls show over 80% want Pearl back. Did Fulmer have that kind of support?

 

[Dave1967]

Hell yes I'd be for Bruce returning!

 

[VolsSportsFan]

Polls show over 80% want Pearl back. Did Fulmer have that kind of support?

Probably not, but probably over 50%; but that's going by percentage. In actual numbers, more people likely wanted Fulmer back than want Pearl back.

In other words, for the public "outcry" to work, there's going to have to be a lot more people vocal about it for it to even register with the AD.

 

[Vols Forever]

Bring him back

 

[knowthevols]

Probably not, but probably over 50%; but that's going by percentage. In actual numbers, more people likely wanted Fulmer back than want Pearl back.

In other words, for the public "outcry" to work, there's going to have to be a lot more people vocal about it for it to even register with the AD.

Hart listens to donors more than he listens to the average fan. We know that two major donors want Pearl back along with a legion of lesser donors. Time will tell.

 

[bleedingTNorange]

Hart listens to donors more than he listens to the average fan. We know that two major donors want Pearl back along with a legion of lesser donors. Time will tell.

You say that as though it's a widely known fact....have I missed this interview or is this a secretive conversation in which you were privy to?

 

[Orange_Scooter]

You say that as though it's a widely known fact....have I missed this interview or is this a secretive conversation in which you were privy to?

It's no less valid as fact than the folks in here saying that they won't fire Martin due to money.

 

[bleedingTNorange]

It's no less valid as fact than the folks in here saying that they won't fire Martin due to money.

Nobodies saying it as fact, they've clearly stated it's their opinion. You realize there's a difference don't you?

 

[HBCButch]

Hart listens to donors more than he listens to the average fan. We know that two major donors want Pearl back along with a legion of lesser donors. Time will tell.

This is about as stupid as the Jon Gruden posts on the FB boards before Butch was hired. Instead of Bruce, can we get a Phil Jackson or some pro coach who really knows his stuff rumor going? It would be much more interesting to me.

 

[SGMVols]

Hart listens to donors more than he listens to the average fan. We know that two major donors want Pearl back along with a legion of lesser donors. Time will tell.

Derek Dooley has a better chance of getting re-hired at UT than Bruce Pearl.

 

[volbeast33]

Probably not, but probably over 50%; but that's going by percentage. In actual numbers, more people likely wanted Fulmer back than want Pearl back.

In other words, for the public "outcry" to work, there's going to have to be a lot more people vocal about it for it to even register with the AD.

I dont understand alot of the hate towards fulmer but there was no where near the push for him as their is for pearl.

 

[Stoked]

Derek Dooley has a better chance of getting re-hired at UT than Bruce Pearl.

I don't think we'll get pearl back but this is crazy lol.

 

[HBCButch]

If Tom Jurich at Louisville can swallow his pride and forgive what Bobby Petrino did to them and hire him back as their football coach, why can't Dave Hart and Tennessee forgive Bruce Pearl for what happened when he was at UT, and hire him back?

Petrino will keep Louisville nationally relevant in football. Bruce Pearl would make Tennessee nationally relevant in basketball again.

Pearl isn't coming back.....Louisville is a brothel. The funny thing about this is whale dung lied to AD Jurich once already. And he hires him back?? Unreal. The win at all cost fans need to pull their heads out of their asses. A coach like that gets you nowhere.

 

[knowthevols]

Pearl isn't coming back.....Louisville is a brothel. The funny thing about this is whale dung lied to AD Jurich once already. And he hires him back?? Unreal. The win at all cost fans need to pull their heads out of their asses. A coach like that gets you nowhere.

Yeah, those national championship banners hanging in the rafters really suck.

 

[VolsSportsFan]

I dont understand alot of the hate towards fulmer but there was no where near the push for him as their is for pearl.

When you compare the actual number of people involved, there most certainly was.

 

[VolsSportsFan]

Hart listens to donors more than he listens to the average fan. We know that two major donors want Pearl back along with a legion of lesser donors. Time will tell.

If that's true, saying "80% " want Pearl back means nothing then.

 

[knowthevols]

If that's true, saying "80% " want Pearl back means nothing then.

It does when 80% of the donors want him back.

 

[Stoked]

It does when 80% of the donors want him back.

How do you know this? 92% of all statistics are made up...sounds true to me

 

[walkenvol]

How do you know this? 92% of all statistics are made up...sounds true to me

60% of the time, it works every time

 

[johnnybravo]

I've never not said it.

I have said I would take him back; but I don't see any scenario it happening.

I'll put it this way, I think there was a bigger public push to bring Fulmer back in 2012 than there is to bring back Pearl, and Fulmer wasn't even considered.

Maybe you are talking about the administration push to bring Fulmer back....but there was no way that much fan support to bring him back. You must have him confused with Gruden. That was the only push heard in 2012.